Deep brain stimulation compared with methadone maintenance for the treatment of heroin dependence: a threshold and cost-effectiveness analysis

Proposals to trial deep brain stimulation to treat addiction are premature

(2011) ADRIAN CARTER et al.   ADDICTION

Cost-Effectiveness of Strategies for Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism Among Emergency Department Patients Presenting With Undifferentiated Symptoms

(2010) Ram S. Duriseti et al.   ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Effectiveness of diacetylmorphine versus methadone for the treatment of opioid dependence in women

(2010) Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Quality of Life of Outpatients in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Clinics

(2010) Lin Xiao et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

Deep Brain Stimulation and the Neuroethics of Responsible Publishing

(2010) Thomas E. Schlaepfer et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Costs of nosocomial pneumonia caused by meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2010) E. Ott et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Supervised injectable heroin or injectable methadone versus optimised oral methadone as treatment for chronic heroin addicts in England after persistent failure in orthodox treatment (RIOTT): a randomised trial

(2010) John Strang et al.   LANCET

Deep brain stimulation compared with bariatric surgery for the treatment of morbid obesity: a decision analysis study

(2010) Jared M. Pisapia et al.   Neurosurgical Focus

Deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens reduces alcohol intake in alcohol-preferring rats

(2010) Michael B. Henderson et al.   Neurosurgical Focus

Deep brain stimulation of the posteromedial hypothalamus: indications, long-term results, and neurophysiological considerations

(2010) Angelo Franzini et al.   Neurosurgical Focus

Best surgical practices: a stepwise approach to the University of Pennsylvania deep brain stimulation protocol

(2010) Daniel R. Kramer et al.   Neurosurgical Focus

Pallidal versus Subthalamic Deep-Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease

(2010) Kenneth A. Follett et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Economic Burden of Epilepsy among the Privately Insured in the US

(2010) Jasmina I. Ivanova et al.   PHARMACOECONOMICS

Cost Efficiency of Anticoagulation With Warfarin to Prevent Stroke in Medicare Beneficiaries With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) Catherine J. Mercaldi et al.   STROKE

Ethical Issues Raised by Proposals to Treat Addiction Using Deep Brain Stimulation

(2010) Adrian Carter et al.   Neuroethics

Outcome of long-term heroin-assisted treatment offered to chronic, treatment-resistant heroin addicts in the Netherlands

(2009) Peter Blanken et al.   ADDICTION

Nucleus Accumbens Deep Brain Stimulation Decreases Ratings of Depression and Anxiety in Treatment-Resistant Depression

(2009) Bettina H. Bewernick et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Scientific and political challenges in North America's first randomized controlled trial of heroin-assisted treatment for severe heroin addiction: Rationale and design of the NAOMI study

(2009) Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes et al.   Clinical Trials

Counteracting incentive sensitization in severe alcohol dependence using deep brain stimulation of the Nucleus accumbens: clinical and basic science aspects

(2009) Hans-Jochen Heinze   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

What Does the Value of Modern Medicine Say About the $50,000 per Quality-Adjusted Life-Year Decision Rule?

(2009) R Scott Braithwaite et al.   MEDICAL CARE

Smoking Cessation and Weight Loss After Chronic Deep Brain Stimulation of the Nucleus Accumbens: Therapeutic and Research Implications

(2009) Mariska Mantione et al.   NEUROSURGERY

Diacetylmorphine versus Methadone for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction

(2009) Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens reduces ethanol consumption in rats

(2009) Clifford M. Knapp et al.   PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR

Successful Treatment of Chronic Resistant Alcoholism by Deep Brain Stimulation of Nucleus Accumbens: First Experience with Three Cases

(2009) U. J. Müller et al.   PHARMACOPSYCHIATRY

Observations on Unaided Smoking Cessation after Deep Brain Stimulation of the Nucleus Accumbens

(2009) J. Kuhn et al.   EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH

Long-term effects of heroin-assisted treatment in Germany

(2008) Uwe Verthein et al.   ADDICTION

A randomized clinical trial of methadone maintenance for prisoners: findings at 6 months post-release

(2008) Michael S. Gordon et al.   ADDICTION

Chronic deep brain stimulation in the rat nucleus accumbens and its effect on morphine reinforcement

(2008) Hong-Yu Liu et al.   ADDICTION BIOLOGY

Deep Brain Stimulation of the Nucleus Accumbens Shell Attenuates Cocaine Priming-Induced Reinstatement of Drug Seeking in Rats

(2008) F. M. Vassoler et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Sex-Specific Programming of Offspring Emotionality after Stress Early in Pregnancy

(2008) B. R. Mueller et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Deep brain stimulation in the treatment of obesity

(2008) Casey H. Halpern et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

Impact of Substance Dependence and Dual Diagnosis on the Quality of Life of Heroin Users Seeking Treatment

(2008) Mònica Astals et al.   SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE

The neural circuitry underlying reinstatement of heroin-seeking behavior in an animal model of relapse

(2007) J.L. Rogers et al.   NEUROSCIENCE